Piedmont Columbus Regional has named Lieutenant Kyle Senette and Corporal Ryan Campbell with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office the organization’s First Friday Heroes for the month of September.

Early one morning while his family was still asleep, a 2-year-old boy wandered outside the house to his grandmother’s home two doors down. The grandmother, who was out of town at the time, got an alert on her phone thanks to her home security system. She pulled up the backyard camera feed and saw the boy heading towards the swimming pool, later falling in. She immediately called 911.

Senette and Campbell arrived on scene just after a neighbor had pulled the boy out of the pool. Senette and Campbell started CPR, and were able to get the boy breathing again. EMS rushed the boy to Piedmont Columbus Regional’s Pediatric Emergency Department. He was intubated and transferred to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for a higher level of care. The boy was released from the hospital just two days later and made a full recovery. Because of the quick response by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and Harris County EMS’ compassionate care, there was a positive outcome from this tragic accident.

A ceremony with Senette, Campbell, and hospital leadership will be held at a later date to commend them for their response. Their story is also featured throughout the hospital on commemorative posters and Piedmont Columbus Regional’s social media pages.

Piedmont Columbus Regional created the First Friday Hero program in mid-2016 to recognize first responders each month who have gone above and beyond the call of duty. Their line of work is often a thankless job and we want to make the community aware of our local heroes and all they do to make Columbus a better and safer place.